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Access to essential medicines in East Africa: A review of East Africa community and its member states approach to WTO-TRIPS public health flexibilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Magister Legum - LLM (Mercantile and Labour Law)
The challenge associated with upholding the human rights of asylum seekers during the refugee status determination process in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Foreign nationals regularly finds themselves seeking refuge in a host country such as South
Africa. One would expect that due to comprehensive legislation ranging from national to
international level, foreign nationals ...
Evaluating South Africa's Proposed Withdrawal from the ICC: A Way Forward?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Since 2009, the first permanent international criminal court's operation is known to
be marked by diplomatic tension between the African Union (AU) and the ICC. A
host of African member states have called for African ...
The Social Obligation Norm as the Framework for Land Restitution in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This research project proposes that the social-obligation norm of ownership should be
adopted as the ethic on which land restitution is carried out in South Africa. While there
exists a subtle and indirect appreciation of ...
Abortion and the right to life: A case study of South Africa and Germany
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The issue of abortion and the protection of the right to life have been discussed by many academics,
yet remains an unresolved topic in many countries. The mere fact that abortion is the deliberate
termination of a human ...
Examining the use of transitional justice mechanisms to redress gross violations of human rights and international crimes in the northern Uganda conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Uganda and her citizens have endured a troubled, violent, conflict-prone history since
independence from the British on 9th October 1962. Conflict in Uganda, just like in many an
African country, has its primary root ...
Uganda's response to the phenomenon of enforced disappearances and the transitional justice response in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Enforced disappearances are a heinous violation of numerous human rights enshrined
in many international conventions. However, they have not been adequately addressed
in many jurisdictions. This crime is very common within ...
South-African german centre transnational criminal justice and crime prevention: An international and African perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Corruption is a global problem, which poses a serious threat to the development of
countries and their people. Although its impact varies, all nations are facing the evils of
corruption and, therefore, the international ...
The decentralisation of powers and functions to local government under the 2016 Constitution of Zambia.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
At independence in 1964, the United National Independence Party (UNIP)-led government in
Zambia was, among other things, confronted with the challenge of transforming an inherited
dual, undemocratic, racist and exploitative ...
The fragmented approach to confiscating dirty assets in Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In the early 1990s Botswana faced rising levels of grand corruption and economic crimes in
general. The laws could not cope with the high incidence of economic criminality, especially
as regards the confiscation of dirty ...